Combination implement.



Nu. 825,461. BATENTED JULY 10, 1906. G. A. HASSBLER. COMBINATIONIMPLEMENT.

APPLIUATIOH FILED APR. 8, 1906. RENEWED MAY 6, 1908. V

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GONlBlNATlON lMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1966.

Application filed April 8, 1905. Renewed May 5, 1908. Serial No.315,876.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE A. Hassnnnn, a citizen of the United States,residin at Vesper, in the county of Wood, State of %Viscousin, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Combination Implements;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combination implements, and more particularlyto combina tion farm implements, and has for its object to provide animplement which will embody both a fork and a shovel and which will beso arranged that it may be changed from one to the other quickly andwith little or no diiliculty.

Another object is to rovide an implement of this nature which wi 1 besim 1e and which may be manufactured at a low gure. 7 i

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followinspecification, and it will be understood that c anges in the specificconstruction shown and described may be made and'that any suitablematerials may he used without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In, the drawin s formin a portion of this specification and in Whic likenumerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is an elevation of the present invention used as a shovel. Fig.2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the device arranged for use as afork. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsection of the handle, showing the arrangement of the retainer. Fi 5 isa view of the blank from which the b ade of the shovel is formed. Fig. 6is a section through the shoulder-receiving looips.

eferring now to the drawings, there is shown a fork of the usual typecomprising tines 5, which are carried by a handle 6 the latter having alongitudinally-extending recess 7 therein adjacent to its lower end.metallic sleeve 8 surrounds the handle at its slotted portion and actsto hold the stem 5 of the tines engaged in the handle, and this sleeve 8has a slot 9 therein which registers with the recess 7, the slot beingsomewhat narrower than the recess, so that the pertions of the sleeve atthe sides of the slot project over the recess. A block 10 is slidablydisposed in the recess 7 and has a stern 11 projecting upwardly throughthe slot 9, and this stem carries a downwardlyextending head 12 at itsfree end, the downwardly-ax tending portion of the head forming a jaw 13for a purpose to be presently described.

- A shovel-blade 14 is rovided, which is formed from a metallic lankcomprising a central portion 15, having laterally-extending wings 16 atits sides and u wardl '-extending ears 17 at its top, the atter eingspaced and being bent to form spaced loops 19, in which the shoulders 20of the fork are engaged for pivotal movement of the blade thereupon. Thewings 16 are bent to en gage over the outermost tines of the fork andwhen thus engaged hold the blade in operative position, and the devicemay then be used as a shovel.

When the device is to be used as a fork, the free ends of the outermosttines are sprung together by resting one of said tines upon the roundand Hressing upon the other with the cot. This isengages the win s16from the three,- and the blade is moved iy springs 18, engaged with theshoulders 20 and connected with the blade to cause it to extend u wardlyagainst the handle, the free edge of t e blade then lying in positionfor en agement of the jaw 13 thereover to hold the lads out of operativeposition. The jaw is held in position for engagement of the blade bymeans of a spring dis used between the block it) and the up er. en ofthe recess 7.

at is claimed is- 1. A device of the class described com rising ahandle, tines having shoulders and avin a stem enga ed in one end of thehandle, said handle having a recess therein, a metallic sleeve engagedwith the handle at the end in which the stem-is engaged to hold saidstem a ainst disengagement from the handle, said collar inclosing therecessed portion of the handle and having a slot registering with therecess, a block slidably en aged in the recess and extending beneath t ecollar said block having a stern extending upwardly throi h the slot, adownwardly-directed jaw carrie by the stern, a shovel'blade having loopsin which the shoulders of the tines are pivotally engaged for movementoi the blade to lie upon the tines or to extend upwardly against thehandle, said iaw lying in position name position, means for holding theblock for en agement of the blade when in its lasti IXO with the jawyieldably in position to engage l ment with certain of the tines to holdthe 10 the blade, and means for holding the blade shovel-bladethereupon.

upon the tines. In testimony whereof I afl'ix my signature 2. Thecombination with a fork including J in presence of two Witnesses.

tines, oonnecting-shoulders and a handle of T n a shovel-blade pivotallyconnected with the GUS E HASSELER' lie upon the tines thereof, saidshovel-blade GEO. P. HAMBREOUT,

fork for movement into and. out of position to Witnesses: having itsedge portions bent for engage- ELEANORE SLA'ITERY.

